Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-08

WerkIe came ont and ran into KohIman':
shop. Mr.. Smith followed him dowI
there, listened to his story, and then
when kohlman had gone out to find
policeman, he told Werkle, IL he lost hi;
situation, to put an advertisement in the
papers, over his own name, and walked
of. All that may mean nothing or it msy
mean 8 great deal. 1t would certainly
! mean nothing ii it were not supported by
other circumstances.
"And what are these?"
! "They have to do with certain queer
habits of Mr.. Smith, which sre now IN
der examination, but which it would
hardly do to specify just now. Men like
| him, VINO do not sCt from the usual mo-
tiyes which actuate professional Crimi.
mails, are OF course hard 70 deal with
They are originals, and we cannot be
guided by preCedents IN our transactions
with them. II m8y take US 8 long time
to ind out the true inwArdness of this
matter. Such man, il he is really en-
gaged in any croOkedness, would be sure
to have the means and the brains to Gov
er his traces pretty thoroughly"
"AIight il not De advisable to arrest him
first and find out his guilt sfterw4Tds?"
''That is 4 question you, as detective,
ought 10 be able to answer for Yourself"
replied the Inspector. ''When you have
arrested man you have played your last
card. There is nothing more to be got
out Of him except confession, and very
few clever rOgueS will say anything 10
pUt themselves behind the bars. But II
you keep an eve upon him for few
weeks or months, without letting him
suspect it, ne will be almost certain
sooner or later to incriminate himself.
He Will take up again with his former
associates, endeavOr 20 dispose of his
stolen property, begin TO plot some new
lob, or in one way or another give himself
away. That is the time 10 make the ar
rest, and then, instead of having TO let
him so, you VIII probably convict him.
But ali that takes time, and newspapers,
when they get hold of one end OF SEN
satiun, want to have the other end of it
before the public begin to take an interest
in something else. Well that will be all
the preliminary information about the
man that you will require"
"Aud we are to begin work on him at
once?"
DAT once, and be sure to spare no pains
and 20 make no mistakes. That's ALL"
The sergeant put up bis note book,
bowed and withdrew.
When he was gone the Inspector
glanced over some papers on MS desk,
lied them away, and then took his hat
and left the office. Proceeding to
Blocker street he entered the Manhattan
Bank and inquired for the cashier. Upon
that gentIeman's presenting himself he
asked leave 10 examine the list Of depOsi-
tors.
II was procured for him; he turned 20
TIE rs and ran his finger about third
OF the way down the column. Then he
uaua an entry in MS notebook, thanked
the cashier and withdrew.
He took car down town, dropped in
for chat with two or three of the more
solid business men and asked few ap-
pareHtly casual andunpremeditated ques-
tons. The little excursion occupied
scarcely more thRn an hour in ell, and he
was back IN his office by o'clock. tIf
things go on as they have begun" he
said to himself as ne resumed his place
81 his desk, "this affair won't be So IN
like g serial romance after all.''
TO Ec CousaucG Nea |eetl